Eurysaces

…But the existence of Eurysaces, and of others like him, whose names we know from inscriptions and legal documents, tells us that the Roman economy was complicated enough to contain real variation in outcomes.…

…The fact that Eurysaces could do this at all, that a formerly enslaved man could accumulate the capital, build the business relationships and achieve the prosperity needed to commission a substantial tomb, tells us something important about the…

…Eurysaces, it seems, was very good at this.…